the_real_xuth t1_jdl1kkp wrote
Reply to comment by RedModsSuck in Zappala threatens to keep Kennywood from opening if it doesn't comply with security demands by cooldude_4000
This is a really twisted and non-standard usage of "law enforcement". His purpose is to prosecute crimes. No police officer is supposed to answer to him professionally. Quite the contrary, the police are supposed to be independent of the prosecutors and investigate suspected criminal cases without bias while the prosecutor is by definition in an adversarial role. The shitty thing is when police and the DA's office see themselves as partners which is where all kinds of problems crop up.
RedModsSuck t1_jdmz0lk wrote
Apparently the state and just about every DA disagrees with you. This same statement appears on the website of dozens of DAs in PA:
"The District Attorney, as the chief law enforcement officer of the county, is mandated by law to sign all bills of indictment and conduct in court all criminal and other prosecutions in the name of the Commonwealth."
The only one twisting things is you.
the_real_xuth t1_jdnklqc wrote
Yes, this is their method of PR.
RedModsSuck t1_jdsqpuz wrote
You do know that DA offices often have their own officers, right? That redneck that shot the jogger in Georgia had been one. That is why the DA tried to cover up the case.
the_real_xuth t1_jdua0rp wrote
I don't know about Georgia, but certainly not in Pennsylvania (nor Allegheny county).
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